Comments on: Doing the Piven at Red Plum http://hungrytravels.com/2009/02/03/first-look-red-plum/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:14:17 -0800 hourly 1 By: Doug\ http://hungrytravels.com/2009/02/03/first-look-red-plum/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Doug\ Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:00:34 +0000 http://hungrytravels.com/?p=750#comment-247 I'm torn on this one. On the one hand I love Asian cuisine, but on the other hand, it does seem like we've got a glut of Pan-Asian restaurants that are all doing similar dishes. I'd like to see a few more restaurants focusing on one cuisine and being a bit more daring with their menu. I’m torn on this one. On the one hand I love Asian cuisine, but on the other hand, it does seem like we’ve got a glut of Pan-Asian restaurants that are all doing similar dishes. I’d like to see a few more restaurants focusing on one cuisine and being a bit more daring with their menu.

]]> By: Cheryl http://hungrytravels.com/2009/02/03/first-look-red-plum/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Cheryl Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:17:41 +0000 http://hungrytravels.com/?p=750#comment-245 Doug, we tried Red Plum for dinner last week and I was suitably impressed by the menu, service, decor, vibe and oh yeah, the food. I started with the Vietnamese salad. It was good, although I like the version at Water Moon better. My son had the sesame shrimp and loved it. It was very tasty and a nice generous portion, including some steamed veggies. I had a special roll, can't remember the name, but it had seaweed salad inside it. It was out of the ordinary and also tasty. Sometimes when you order a whole roll you get sick of it, but not in this case. The people sitting next to us ordered some great looking appetizers (incl. steamed won ton). We are very keen on going back. I think I am in the minority when I say, there can never be enough Pan-Asian or any kind of Asian restaurants around for me. All those places on Mamaroneck Ave., it's my kind of heaven. Now if only they added a Vietnamese place... And by the way, my preferred method is trying to dunk the fish part into the soy, not the rice part. Doug, we tried Red Plum for dinner last week and I was suitably impressed by the menu, service, decor, vibe and oh yeah, the food. I started with the Vietnamese salad. It was good, although I like the version at Water Moon better. My son had the sesame shrimp and loved it. It was very tasty and a nice generous portion, including some steamed veggies. I had a special roll, can’t remember the name, but it had seaweed salad inside it. It was out of the ordinary and also tasty. Sometimes when you order a whole roll you get sick of it, but not in this case. The people sitting next to us ordered some great looking appetizers (incl. steamed won ton). We are very keen on going back.

I think I am in the minority when I say, there can never be enough Pan-Asian or any kind of Asian restaurants around for me. All those places on Mamaroneck Ave., it’s my kind of heaven. Now if only they added a Vietnamese place…

And by the way, my preferred method is trying to dunk the fish part into the soy, not the rice part.

]]> By: Philly native http://hungrytravels.com/2009/02/03/first-look-red-plum/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Philly native Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:51:18 +0000 http://hungrytravels.com/?p=750#comment-244 As a Mamaroneck resident, I would enjoy reading a side-by-side comparison of Red Plum, Haiku, and Ginban, the three recently-opened Pan-Asian restaurants in town. Which one is worth my recession-diminished dollars and which one will survive (because I doubt all three can, given their similarities)? Also, is anyone else tired of the Pan-Asian concept? To me, it seems they always end up serving mediocre examples of Chinese, Thai, Malaysian, and Japanese standards. I'd much prefer a focused Asian restaurant, which serves only one country's cuisine and executes it well. As a Mamaroneck resident, I would enjoy reading a side-by-side comparison of Red Plum, Haiku, and Ginban, the three recently-opened Pan-Asian restaurants in town. Which one is worth my recession-diminished dollars and which one will survive (because I doubt all three can, given their similarities)? Also, is anyone else tired of the Pan-Asian concept? To me, it seems they always end up serving mediocre examples of Chinese, Thai, Malaysian, and Japanese standards. I’d much prefer a focused Asian restaurant, which serves only one country’s cuisine and executes it well.

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